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Old 08-31-2009, 03:33 PM   #301 (permalink)
groar
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scenic - '01 renault scenic
90 day: 43.09 mpg (US)

megane - '97 renault megane classic
Diesel
90 day: 72.53 mpg (US)

dennisius - '06 Toyota Prius
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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
Refilled for the first time since installing the B15Z1 (VX lean burn) engine in my car and got 81.2 MPG over 438 miles of mostly interstate driving with a fair amount of driving on wet roads.
Congrats for your best MPG since a year

Hope some car constructors will follow your example. I agree with you that on highway a better engine management and a better aerodynamic are better than a full hybrid system. A mild hybrid (engine stop&start) permitting EOC on highway could be wonderful

Denis.

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